Hoe.



No. 794.119. PATENTED JULY 4, 1905.

A. RICHARDSON.

HOE.

APPLICATION FILED OOT.12,1904.

NITED STATES Patented July 4, 1905.

AMOS RICHARDSON, OF MILTON, OREGON.

HOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 794,119, dated July 4,1905.

Application filed October 12, 1904- Serial No. 228,164.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMos RICHARDSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Milton, in the county of Umatilla, State of Oregon, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hoes; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to hoes; and it has for its object to provide aconstruction which will be particularly efficient in the operation ofweeding, a further object of the invention being to provide as anarticle of manufacture a specific structure which will be cheap andsimple of manufacture and in which the cutting-blade may be removed forsharpening and may be replaced without expenditure of any considerabletime or labor.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in both the views,Figure 1 is a perspective view of the hoe. Fig. 2 is a detail Viewshowing the shank formed to receive the handle.

Referring now to the drawings, the present hoe comprises a bladeconsisting of a narrow metal plate 5, the end portions of which areturned upwardly at right angles, as shown at 6 and 7, while thelongitudinal edges 8 and 9 are sharpened for interchangeable use underdifferent conditions.

I At the upper ends of the portions 6 and 7 are formed 100 s 10 and 11,the axes of these loops being ob ique to the portions 6 and 7,respectively, so that they are at acute angles to the body portion ofthe blade 5. The shank of the hoe consists of a metal bar, the ends ofwhich are engaged in the loops 10 and 11, in which positions they areheld by nuts 12 and 13 on the ends of the bar, the looped portions beingclamped between the nuts and suitable shoulders 14 and 15. Thisarrangement not only serves to hold the shank securely to the blade, butpermits of removal of the blade for sharpening or for reversal tosatisfy different conditions of use. From the loops 10 and 11 the sides16 and 17 of the bar that forms the shank convergej Loops 18 and 19 arethen formed in the sides 16 and 17 to register, and beyond these loopsthe bar is continued, as shown at 20 and 21, and is then bent to form aloop 22. A handle 28 is engaged in the loops 22, 19, and 18.

With the blade arranged as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings the hoe maybe held with the edge 8 lower than the edge 9, so that theblade may bedrawn beneath the surface of the ground and under the roots of theweeds, and by reason of the reater elevation of the edge 9 the weedswill be thrown from the ground.

When it is desired to sharpen the blade of the hoe, it may be readilyremoved from the shank by first removing the nuts, as will beunderstood. Furthermore, it will be noted that the formation of theblade is such that it will cost but very little, while the shank may bemade at a low cost, the entire hoe being extremely cheap, simple, anddurable.

What is claimed is 1. As an article of manufacture, a hoe con sisting ofa blade having its end portions turned upwardly and having loops formedat the extremities of said upturned portions, a shank consisting of abar bent at its interme+ diate portion to form registering loops andhaving its extremities threaded and engaged through the loops of theblade, clampingnuts engaged with the ends of the bar, shoulders betweenwhich and the nuts the looped portions of the blade are clamped, and ahandle engaged in the loops of the bar.

2. As an article of manufacture, a hoe consisting of a blade having itsend portions turned upwardly and having loops formed at the extremitiesof said upturned portions, a shank consisting of a bar having itsextremities threaded and engaged through the loops of the blade,clamping-nuts engaged with the ends of the bar, shoulders between whichand the nuts the loop portions of the blade are clamped, and a handleconnected with the shank. I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AMOS RICHARDSON.

WVitnesses:

J. M. FREEsTONE, FRED J. IRWIN.

